Top Stories from Advocate.com for 08/26/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Obsessing Over Trump’s Hideous Mug Shot]( I’m guilty of it, and I think anyone who writes about or covers news is too. And that is treating stories about things that are abhorrently wrong as run-of-the-mill news items. We try to put everything in boxes, in confines that are familiar to us — and to you, the readers. We try to create normalcy around situations that are not normal. [Read on »]( [Is It Safe to Fly a Pride Flag After California Shooting Tragedy? Readers Weigh in]( [LGBTQ Pride flag at Mag.Pi]Being a member of the [LGBTQ]( community has increasingly become dangerous over the last few years. Throughout the country, far-right extremists have targeted [transgender]( people, and [Republicans]( have enacted legislation to remove their rights and erase them from society. More than 550 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation have been introduced in states around the country this year, and more than 80 have become law. [Read on »]( [Alice Cooper Claims Being Trans Is a Fad, Loses Deal With Cosmetics Company]( [Alice Cooper]Veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper, known for his bizarre makeup and costumes and outrageous antics, has bashed transgender people in a new interview, in which he invoked the bathroom predator myth and the debunked idea that children are identifying as cats. [Read on »]( [Shirtless Homophobe Wanted by New York City Police After Slapping Woman]( [NYPD Looking for Homophobic Shirtless Slapper]Police in New York City are on the lookout for a shirtless man they say assaulted a woman while yelling anti-LGBTQ+ slurs in Hudson River Park earlier this week. [Read on »]( [Watch Donald Trump’s ‘Sinister’ Mug Shot Get a Gay Glow-Up]( [Donald Trump; Matt Bernstein]The spectacle and collective breath-holding around whether four-time indicted and arrested and twice-impeached former President [Donald Trump]( would have a mug shot taken in [Georgia]( after he turned himself in at the Fulton County jail ended last night when the sheriff’s office released the image. [Read on »]( [Carlos Santana Apologizes for Transphobic Comments]( [Carlos Santana]By Alli Rosenbloom [Read on »]( [Maryland Parents Can’t Opt Kids Out of LGBTQ-Related Lessons: Judge]( [Parents in Montgomery County Maryland ]A federal judge rejected a request for an injunction from some [Maryland]( parents opposed to their children being exposed to [LGBTQ]( topics at school. [Read on »]( [Navigating Depression as a Team – Jay & Eden’s Story]( When [Eden Trevino]( a healthy relationship advocate with her partner [Jay Trevino]( lost her mom, depression became a part of her life and took a major toll that left her spiraling. [Read on »]( [Advocate Subscription]( [Advocate Channel]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Email](mailto:newsletters@pridemedia.com) Copyright © 2023 equalpride, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: newsletters@pridemedia.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.